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1. An informal term for a father.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. Advanced in years.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
18. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
19. Avatar of Vishnu.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
30. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
31. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
37. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
40. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A Hindu prince or king in India.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
51. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
53. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
54. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
55. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
56. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. A light touch or stroke.
4. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
5. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
22. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
26. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
40. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
41. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
42. A female domestic.
43. A slender double-reed instrument.
46. The first month of the year.
47. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
48. Before noon.
50. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
52. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
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